Virgil Thomson. This article is about the composer. For the American author, see Virgil Thompson (author). Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 â September 30, 1989) was an American composer and critic. He was instrumental in the development of the American Sound in classical music.
The name Alohalani is of Hawaiian origin. The meaning of Alohalani is bright sky. Alohalani is generally used as a girl's name. It consists of 9 letters and 5 syllables and is pronounced A-lo-ha-la-ni.
For other uses, see Ohana (disambiguation). Part of Hawaiian culture, Ê»ohana means family (in an extended sense of the term, including blood-related, adoptive or intentional). The concept emphasizes that families are bound together and members must cooperate and remember one another. The term is similar in meaning and usage to the New Zealand MÄori term whÄnau, and its cognate in MÄori is kÅhanga, meaning nest. In Hawaiian, the word Ê»ohana begins with an Ê»okina, indicating a glottal stop.